Cartographica is an international, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal which publishes transformative research, education, and practice contributions to the social, political, technological, and historical aspects of Cartography. In addition, the journal is the official publication of the Canadian Cartographic Association.

Cartographica provides a forum for the exchange of original perspectives and innovative findings in the production, design, use, cognitive understanding, and novel applications of maps in arts, cartography, computer science, economy, engineering, geography, history, medicine, health, and surveying.

Editors-in-ChiefMonica Wachowicz, Associate Professor and Cisco Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering.
She works on the development of mobile location analytics as processes that emerge from the interaction between the physical and virtual worlds of Big Data. These processes are being developed for advancing the core techniques and technologies in mobile location analytics to lead to new fields of inquiry in ambient and living cartography. Her research focuses on building the next generation of maps with predictive capabilities for representing the un-mappable âreal behaviourâ of people in motion in a physical geographical space and their correspondent daily petabyte-scale streams of unstructured data in a virtual world. The greatest challenges and opportunities arise from socially-generated Big Data that is increasingly recorded via online transactions, mobile communication devices, and distributed sensors, or will be revealed through the Internet of Things.
Phone: +1 506-447-8113 ; Fax: +1 506-453-4943,
Email: monicaw@unb.ca or monicawachowicz@gmail.com

Emmanuel Stefanakis, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick.
His research interests fall in the areas of geospatial web, geographic database systems, spatial data infrastructures, geovisualization and cartography. Lately, he works on research and development of advanced geospatial web applications and services, knowledge discovery and visualization of spatio-temporal and mobility data, and monitoring of risk and damages from natural disasters. He has taught many undergraduate and graduate courses in Geomatics at numerous European and North American institutes for over 15 years. He joined the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at UNB in July 2011.
Phone: 1-506-453-5137; Fax: 1-506-453-4943;
Email: estef@unb.ca or emmanuel.stefanakis@gmail.com

SubmissionsAll manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind.

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Special Issues

Proposals are encouraged and will be reviewed by the journal editors. A special issue should be organized by the special issue editor(s) around a specific content area or methodology that may represent a large-scale international development; a single-topic monograph providing an extensive look at one particular area of cartography; or a collection of manuscripts presented at a conference or workshop. Manuscripts will be double-blind peer-reviewed, and the special issue editor(s) is/are expected to work with authors until the special issue meets the standards of manuscripts published in the journal. Content, timeliness of the topic, thoroughness of the proposal, relevance for the journal’s readership, and production schedule are among the criteria used for selection.

Special Issues proposals are encouraged and will be reviewed by the journal editors. A special issue should be organized by the special issue editor(s) around a specific content area or methodology that may represent a large-scale international development; a single-topic monograph providing an extensive look at
one particular area of cartography; or a collection of manuscripts presented at a conference or workshop. Manuscripts will be double-blind peer-reviewed, and the special issue editor(s) is/are expected to work with authors until the special issue meets the standards of manuscripts published in the journal. Content, timeliness of the topic, thoroughness of the proposal, relevance for the journalâs readership, and production schedule are among the criteria used for selection.

TECHNICAL NOTES AND EPHEMERA
The Technical Notes
and Ephemera section includes research notes, technical information,
opinions, news items, and occasional humour and trivia related to all
aspects of cartography, geographic information, and geovisualization,
including
* newsworthy events and issues (local, national, and international)
* education and training issues
* research summaries from universities and government agencies
* commentaries on ideas and products
* evaluation of maps and data sources
* library and Internet resources
* tips for cartographic production
* humour and trivia

All submissions to
this section are encouraged: these will normally be of shorter length
than full journal articles (2-6 pages). Those of interest to the
international community and materials of interest to a broad audience
will be given priority for publication. Where appropriate, peer review
will apply. Links to web pages and references to contemporary resources
are encouraged, to include material that may not otherwise be available
in published journals.

Cartographica Online
Cartographica, the international journal for geographic information and geovisualization, is now available online, including the complete back file of previously published articles going back to 1964 with issue 1.1, when Cartographica was known as The Cartographer.
Subscribers to Cartographica Online enjoy:

Early access to the latest issues - Did you know that most online issues are available to subscribers up to two weeks in advance of the print version? Sign up for e-mail alerts and you will know as soon as the latest issue is ready for you to read.

Everything you need at your fingertips - search through current and archived issues from the comfort of your office chair instead of by digging through book shelves or storage boxes. The easy- to-use search function allows you to organize results by article summaries, abstracts or citations. You can also bookmark, forward reference link through DOI or CrossRef, export, and print a specific page, chapter or article.

Enhanced features not available in the print version - supplementary information, colour photos, videos, audio files, etc. encourage further exploration and research.

Top Ten Classic Articles in Cartographica now Free Online
The top ten most-cited articles in the history of Cartographica are now freely available online

The papers represent a wide range of cartographic interests, and include work by many influential writers. The most-cited article is a well known piece by Brian Harley, often credited with changing the way we think about maps. Harley also has an entry at the number 8 position on maps and ethics. Other notable authors include Mark Monmonier in a piece which helped establish the analysis of interactive and animated mapping, and G. Langran and Nik Chrismanâs article on temporal data.

The listing was created using Elsevierâs Scopus database, and is current as of March 2014.

Special Issues proposals are encouraged to be submitted and will be reviewed by the journal editors. A special issue should be organized by the special issue editor(s) around a specific content area or methodology that may represent a large scale international development; a single-topic monograph providing an extensive look at one particular area of cartography; or a collection of manuscripts presented at a conference or workshop. The monographs and all manuscripts will be double blind peer reviewed and the special issue editor(s) is/are expected to work with authors until the special issue meets the standards of manuscripts published in the journal. Content, timeliness of the topic, thoroughness of the proposal, relevance for the journalâs readership, and production schedule are among the criteria used for selection. Please email the journal editors at monicaw@unb.ca or estef@unb.ca to submit proposals for review. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.

Cartographica is available in print and online via two platforms â Cartographica Online and Project Muse. The journal attracts approximately 26,500 TOC views and 26,000 article downloads each year.

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In response to the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications Cartographica has developed a plan to ensure our authors are able to comply with the policy. There are two flavours of open access allowed by the Tri-Agency - green and gold - and we have an option for both.
Green Open Access
Twelve (12) months after publication of the version of record (i.e., the article after copyediting, tagging, typesetting, etc.), the author may deposit a copy of the accepted article in their institutional repository. Please let us know when the deposit is made so that we can update our records.
Gold Open Access
At publication, the final version of record will become freely available on our primary platform, utpjournals.press. The Author Publication Charge is $3,000.

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